Steam washing-machine.



A. A. RILEY.

STEAM WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 30. 1914.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

rHE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH ,cu., WASHINGTON, D. c

AUSTIN A. RILEY,. or LEAVENWORTH, Kansas.

STEAM WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters'latent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed October 30, 1914. Serial No. 869,429.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, AUSTIN A. RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Steam Washing- Machines of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a washing machine and more particularly to the class of steam boilers for washing clothes.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a boiler of this character wherein on the placing of clothes therein the same will be thoroughly washed without damage thereto, the washing medium being circulated within the boiler in a novel manner so as to penetrate the clothes for removing all dirt therefrom thereby obviating the necessity of labor for agitating the clothes as is usual.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a boiler of this character wherein the water therein will be spread in a novel manner and circulated through the clothes to be washed so that the same will be rendered clean before their removal from the boilerthereby avoiding the necessity of hand labor in the rubbingof the clothes or the use of an ordinary washing machine.

A. further object of the invention is the provision of a boiler of this character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in its purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, the combination and arrangement of parts, as will :be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing? and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section view through a boiler constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the percolater.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts of the several views of the drawing.

. Referring to the drawings in detail the boiler comprises a hollow body 5 preferably made from block sheet tin, although the same may be made from any other suitable material and also may be of any required shape. The upper open end of the body 5 is formed-with an outwardly curved bead 6 which is reinforced in the usual manner, that is to say by a rigid wireor rod 7 inon the body 5 of the boiler is a removable cover or lid 8 preferably of inverted conical shape and is formed with a depending flange 9 which'is adapted to telescope withclosed within the bead. Detachably fitted in the upper open end of the body 5 while tially V-shaped groove 12 which is struck inwardly from the said wall to form an internal shoulder 13' on which rests a substantially conical shaped hood 14c having ahollow central column 15 which rises a predetermined distancewithin the body 5 and carries at its upper end a conical shaped cap 16 formed with a central nipple 17 through which is passed a vertical pipe 18 which rises centrally from a conical. shaped percolator body 19 forming a heating chamber 20, the said body 19 resting on the bottom of the boiler. The percolator body 19 is formed with a vertical marginal rim 21 formed at intervals'with openings 22 topermit water to pass from the body 5 of the boiler into the. heating chamber 20 within the p'ercolater body'19. during the washing process. The vertical pipe 18 rising from the percolater body 19 has its upper end extended in close proximity to the apex of the conical shaped cover or lid 8 when placed upon the body 5 of the boiler.

Arranged concentrically about the column 15 of the hood 14: is a ring-like supporting plate 23 the same being formed with legs 24 which rest upon the said hood 1% and this plate is designed to support clotheswhen placed within the body 5 of the boiler..

Formed in the hood 14: near the marginal edge thereof at intervals are perforations 25 which allow the water'to pass downwardly beneath the said hood 14: during the circulation of the water within the body 5 of the boiler.

boiler is a drain faucet 26 having the usual hand-operated cut-ofi" plug 27 .and on. the

opening of the plug the contents of the boiler can be drained therefrom.

Fixed to the inner surface of the lid or cover 8 centrally thereof is a depending crown ring 28 while also supported by, the

said lid or cover 8 within the hollow thereof are a series of concentrically arranged. truncated conical water spreader rings 29 which are held in their'relatively assembled relations through the medium of hanger straps or brackets 30 which connect the said rings 29 together at intervals and also connect the outermost ring of the series to the lid or cover so that these rings 29 will be suspended withinthe saidlid or coverand concentricallyabout the pipe 18 rising from the percolator body 19 on the application of the cover or lid 8 upon the body 5 of the boiler.

Mounted on the outside of the body 5 of the boiler at opposite ends thereof are swing- 7 'ing handles 31 which permit the carrying of the boiler from one point to another.

Formed in the cover or lid 8 is a peephole .32 while pivoted on the said lid or cover is a swinging cap 33 which normally closes the peep-hole 32, the cap being formed with a finger lug 34 whereby it may be opened or closed.

The nipple 17 on the cap 16 carried by the central column 15 of the hood snugly fits about the pipe 18 so as to prevent leakage between the latter and the said cap during the circulation of. the water within the J boiler.

In the operation of the machine or boiler the required amount of water. is placed within the body 5 thereof-and'thereafter the clothes are introduced so that the same P will be supported by the plate 23 whereupon through the pipe 18, breakingat the apexthe body of the boiler is placed upon a stove so that the water will become heated in the heating chamber 20 within the percolator body 19, thence the water passes upwardly of'the cover or lid 8 which causes the water to pass over the series of spreader rings 29 for distributing the hot water evenly over the clothes and carrying the dirt with it as the hot water passes through the clothes returning to the heating chamber 20 through the holes 25 and 22 in the pressure hood 14 and percolator body 19. Inthis manner the water is circulated within the boiler 5 through the clothes for the proper washing and cleansing thereof. The operation of the boiler is continued until the clothes are Copies of this patent may be obtained for after the boiler.

Fromthe foregoing it is thought that the constructionand operation of the invention will be clearly understood and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

hat is, claimed is 1. A boiler of the class described com.- prising a hollow body, an inverted conicalshaped cover for said body havinga depending marginal flange adapted to .tele scope within the upper openend of the body, the side wall of said body being provided with a groove struckinwardlythereof .to forman internal. shoulder, a conical-shaped hood resting upon the shoulder and having:

a central vertical column rising. for a 'dis-' tance within the body, a cap on said column and having acentral nipple, a reticulated conical-shaped percolator body resting upon a the bottom of said body to form a heating: chamber, a pipe rising centrally from-said percolator body and passed upwardly through the nipple and terminating {within the cover, and a ring-like supporting: plate concentrically disposed about the column and having legs adapted to -rest uponthe 1 hood.

2. A boiler of the class described comprising a hollow body, an inverted conical-- shaped cover for stud body having a depending marginal flange adapted to tele-- scope within the upper open end of the body, the side wall of said body being provided with. a groove struck inwardly thereof to form an internal shoulder, a conical-shaped hood resting upon the shoulder and having a central vertical column rising for a distance within the body,a cap on said column and havinga central nipple, a reticulated conical-shaped percolator body restingupon the bottom of said body to form a heating; chamber, a pipe risingj centrally from said percolator body and passed upwardly; through the nipple andterminating within the cover, a ring-like supporting plate concentrically disposed-about the column and having legs adapted toirest upon the hood, :1 depending crown ring mounted withinthe cover, and a plurality of concentrically arranged truncated i conical-shaped water; spreader rings fixed within the cover. for suspension therefrom.

In, testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUSTIN A. RILEY.

lVitnesses E. R. BoUcHER, lV. F. COBB.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patenty 7 Washington, I). C. 

